E.C. Segar
American cartoonist
Died when: 43 years 309 days (526 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Elzie Crisler Segar (/'si?g??r/;December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen name E.C.Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre.
Charles M.Schulz said of Segar's work: "I think Popeye was a perfect comic strip, consistent in drawing and humor".
Carl Barks described Segar as "the unbridled genius as far as I was concerned".
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